Amazon.com Inc's firm grip on the cloud computing market could be threatene...
FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen next to a cloud in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo
Amazon’s Amazon Web Services currently holds about 32% of the cloud computing market, while Microsoft’s Azure has about 18%, according to research firm Canalys. Friday’s decision came after months of controversy and protest over the process for awarding the deal and even drawing the attention of President Donald Trump, who has publicly taken swipes at Amazon, long considered the frontrunner.
“We expect a degree of handwringing among Congressional Democrats given the political and practical dimensions of this issue, but our sense is that lawmakers are unlikely to wade too deeply into these waters,” Compass Point’s Marshall Senk said.
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